#38C6AA#38C6AA

#38C6AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.125 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6AA
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 14.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -43.76, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 43.88, 175.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.1248 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.125 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0770, 44.1278, 45.0075)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6AA #C63854

analogous

#38C663 #38C6AA #389BC6

triadic

#38C6AA #AA38C6 #C6AA38

tetradic

#38C6AA #6338C6 #C63854 #9BC638

square

#38C6AA #6338C6 #C63854 #9BC638

split-complementary

#38C6AA #C6389B #C66338

monochromatic

#1D6758 #2B9681 #38C6AA #67D4BF #97E2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#38C6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6AA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6AA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.125 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d8c3',
    500: '#38c6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6aa;
$custom-light: #83d8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74559,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6AA

secondary

#CD8D99

accent

#4966DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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